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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1935
Page
9
Readers who enjoyed David Copperfield will find Sequoia starting this week in the Record. The story accompanies a picture opening in New York and is claimed to be among the finest in American cinema, with unusual interest evident in early pages.
The RECORD previews Lent with a pre-Lenten talk and notes ministers in Lititz will again contribute weekly Lenten Meditations from next week onward. The Ministers Association participated last year and again cooperates this year.
The piece traces how Washingtons birthday has shifted from a proclaimed holiday with school programs and band concerts to a year round homage. It notes Lititz schools and businesses once paused for celebrations and now stresses living up to Washingtons example daily.
Ferdinand G Lennert once a Lititz merchant dies aged about seventy in Nazareth. Unclaimed letters list for Lititz includes Christ P M, Mrs Emma Irwin, Miss Et ta Hausen, Miss Fianna Miller, J R Maury. Public sale at Hiram Kline’s place draws 448 sleighs. chicken thieves suspect after three white birds found tied at Eschbach yard. Local tobacco sales nearby and school start times shift to 8 15. Warwick House branding appears on a new spring wagon. Lititz bakery taken over by staff with repairs underway. Dramatic Company to perform with music for school benefit. a sewing gathering of 25 women at Brunnerville for carpet rag work.
Twenty five years ago Miss Pearless and company performed at Linden Hall. Local fireman Pfautz lost a purse with 851 in notes. A sink hole develops near Amrose Malcinee barn endangering nearby structures. The Lititz chorus plans a Terre Hill concert for the United Evangelical Church. Various town updates include council elections and committees.
Mr and Mrs John Randler hosted route three Sunday with Calvin Randler. Numerous guests from Philadelphia and Lebanon shared dinners and visits at homes in Landisville Maytown Lexington and Manheim including H G Minnich Samuel Grove and the Erb family.
Clarence visits near Hornleys church. Calvin Randler family spent Thursday with John Randler in Manheim. Samuel Becker and children dined with Ephraim Shelly family on Sunday.
The Cloister Flower Club of Ephrata met at Mrs. Roscoe Schweitzer's home for the first gathering of the year. Routine business was conducted. The March meeting is set for Miss Sadie Hess's home in Rome near Lititz.
The Postmaster General announces a plan to print and sell imperforate specimen or souvenir sheets through the Philatelic Agency in Washington. These sheets, not sold to the public before, will be available to collectors to prevent fictitious values and will be issued with the public stamp in mind on March 15.
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